The Death of Jesus | Mark 15:33-39

Intro: Jesus’s death (along with his resurrection) is the most consequential event in history

• The Anguish of Jesus’s Death

• Theological mystery

• Imagining the forsakenness that Jesus felt

• Jesus was forsaken so that we never would be

• The Purposefulness of Jesus’s Death

• Elijah doesn’t come – Elijah already came; it’s part of God’s plan

• Jesus’s trusting cry – Even in his anguish, Jesus trust the Father

• The “Bucket-Handle Principle” and Psalm 22

• The Effects of Jesus’s Death

• The temple curtain is torn

• Illustrates that God’s presence is now available to all through Jesus

• Encouragement to get/make a piece of torn fabric as a reminder

• The centurion professes faith

• Jesus’s death as the ultimate act of self-revelation; to know who Jesus is and what he’s like, look to the cross

• Jesus’s paradoxical victory on the cross

• Mark’s purpose – that his readers would make the same profession as the centurion

• Conclusion

• What do you make of Jesus’s death?

• If you profess faith with the centurion, the curtain is torn for you, and you will never be forsaken

• The cross of Christ isn’t only our salvation from death, it’s our model for life